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Adam Lee

was singled out in campaign attack ads in 2008 run by a Republican senator

lifetime member of the Freedom from Religion Foundation

Adam Lee holds a graduate degree from Columbia University and is theauthor of Daylight Atheism, one of the largest and most popularweblogs devoted to atheism and related subjects. He's been an atheistsince his freshman year of college, when a Christian friend motivatedhim to delve into the world's religions to find out which one wastrue. As it turned out, none of them were. Ever since, he's made ithis mission to bring freethought out of the shadows and into thedaylight to take its rightful place!

On Daylight Atheism, he writes about atheism as a positive worldview,humanism, rational spirituality, science and skepticism, feminism, andAmerican history and politics. One of his essays, "The New TenCommandments," was favorably cited in Richard Dawkins' blockbusterThe God Delusion. In the 2008 election season, he was quotedand attacked in campaign ads run by Republican senator Elizabeth Dole,who lost the race despite this brazen appeal to anti-atheist bigotry.He's also written for atheist publications including SecularFuture, Canadian Freethinker, Free Inquiry, andFreethought Today.

What science tells us about the soul. A discussion of how recent findings in neurology demonstrate the inextricable unity of the conscious mind and the healthy brain, and rule out any notion that our consciousness is a supernatural entity. Based on my essay on Ebon Musings, "A Ghost in the Machine".

The march of progress. Every social reform movement is demonized by the religious conservatives of its day as an evil, godless conspiracy, and then, when it wins out and achieves its goals, is claimed to have been a pious, faith-based movement all along by the religious conservatives of the next generation. Some examples of this remarkable trend.

The importance of speaking out. Why atheists should criticize religion passionately and uncompromisingly, and how we can do it intelligently so as to win the greatest number of supporters. Based on my essay on Ebon Musings, "Unapologetic".

Atheism and morality. Can an atheist believe in objective morality, and if so, where do we find it and how do we define it? How does atheist morality differ from religious morality? Based on my essay on Ebon Musings, "The Ineffable Carrot and the Infinite Stick".

Building the secular community. Atheism is growing, in numbers and in influence, throughout the industrialized world. What's behind this trend, and how can we build an infrastructure to absorb this growth and create a community of nonbelievers who can support each other and speak with one voice on the issues that matter to us?

Adam is happy to also participate in debates.

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